Indoor Growing Scrog

[KingRatt]

Been copying this technique for the first time and it's has been a blessing. Bigger plant with less effort / rather straight forward.

My plant currently looks like following and is 48 days old. Do you think I should defoliate more and when would I do the second leaf stripping? After the stretch is over?

She has been very Mg hungry. I have to add like 1.7g of additional epsom salt to keep her somewhat happy.

Light is higher now too

Way too many leaves in too small an area. You are inviting mold and other pathogens in. Adequate airflow is important. Also covering alot of budsites like that. Plant looks healthy, but it will yield alot better if you clean it up and get rid of all those leaves! If you dont stay on top of it then you will end up with more larf than buds. Good luck, its alot of work but pays back exponentially.

 

[Mongoose]

Way too many leaves in too small an area. You are inviting mold and other pathogens in. Adequate airflow is important. Also covering alot of budsites like that. Plant looks healthy, but it will yield alot better if you clean it up and get rid of all those leaves! If you dont stay on top of it then you will end up with more larf than buds. Good luck, its alot of work but pays back exponentially.

DOA and King know *way more* about all this than me, but from my recent experience, their advice is spot on.
I would do a significant defoliation, and maybe then post photos for more advice from them -- too see if you've gone far enough with your defoliation.

 

[lizraya]

Thank you all for the advice! It is very much appreciated

The plant now looks like this:

 

[Mongoose]

Thank you all for the advice! It is very much appreciated

The plant now looks like this:

Having studied many of 420's defoliations, I suspect you've done it.

But let the experts weigh in too. Nice looking plant!

 

[DOA]

Thank you all for the advice! It is very much appreciated

The plant now looks like this:

She looks a lot happier, Is she throwing out pistols yet? If not you need to super crop all those lower limbs again, try and get them to at least 80 degree to the main stem. This will allow the light to reach those lower nodes and give you lots of tops.

Once this is done have a look again at any potential leaf material that can be stripped. You then just need to keep all those tops down as the plant stretches across the net/frame. You'll still get a good yield if you leave her as she is but you'll have a fair bit of larf on those lower limbs.

 

[lizraya]

Is she throwing out pistols yet? If not you need to super crop all those lower limbs, try and get them to at least 80 degree to the main stem. This will allow the light to reach those lower nodes and give you lots of tops.

Once this is done have a look again at any potential leaf material that can be stripped. You then just need to keep all those tops down as the plant stretches across the net/frame. You'll still get a good yield if you leave her as she is but you'll have a fair bit of larf on those lower limbs.

I don't know what you mean by "to at least 80 degree of the main stem" I already did the supercroppen part at around day 35.

Also she is throwing pistils (lamp was lower just for a moment)

 

[DOA]

I don't know what you mean by "to at least 80 degree of the main stem" I already did the supercroppen part at around day 35.

Also she is throwing pistils (lamp was lower just for a moment)

If there's no pistols, super crop the limbs half way along the longest branches to get those outside tops further out towards the tent sides. The limbs you super crop will almost be horizontal then to your main trunk allowing more light into the centre. She looks good though but you are restricted on space. It would be nice if you could move her to a bigger space but it is what it is. Now you've stripped her you might be ok, just make sure the light is getting down to those lower nodes near the base of the trunk.